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    SUMMARY:

    --  Alaska Airlines celebrates the launch of the first-ever,
        non-stop service to Reagan Washington National Airport with
        pre-flight festivities.

    WHO:

    --  Alaska Airlines CEO John Kelly and community dignitaries.

    WHAT:

    --  Ribbon cutting ceremony with honor guard with American and
        Canadian flags and flags of Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon
        and Montana; George Burns Band; and refreshments.

    WHEN:

    --  September 4 at 11:30 a.m., with ribbon cutting at 11:45 and
        flight departure at 12:45 p.m.

    WHERE:

    --  Sea-Tac International Airport, Gate D-9.

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